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jpollocktoday at 6:03 AM2 repliesview on HN

Tariffs, the tariff on Chinese vehicles is 100%.


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Haven880today at 6:28 AM

America now bans Chinese stuff. Some Chinese carmakers are explicitly banned in USA.

burnt-resistortoday at 7:10 AM

Also, every car manufacturer has to go through crash testing and homologation in order to sell cars directly to US consumers. And, without a parts supply chain, maintaining a car becomes very difficult. So even paying 200-300% over the sale price with third-party homologation makes private importation expensive, painful, and slow.